Episode Description
This week on Look Forward, the guys return for the first show of 2026 with a doozy. This week's discussion topics are on the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE, the continued back and forth in Venezuela after Maduro was kidnapped from the country, calls from the Trump/Vance White House to now attack Mexican cartels in the coming days/weeks, potential action on Greenland, the freezing of $10 billion in childcare to Democratic-led states, Grok is busted creating child porn and Elon Musk refuses to fix it, ACA extensions are now passed in the House via discharge petition, job growth has slowed to a crawl and you'll be shocked to know why, and much more!
Big Topic
Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).
Big Topic
- ICE murders innocent woman in Minneapolis
- US carries out ground attack in Caracas; kidnap Maduro and his wife
- The stated justification is both bullshit and the slipperiest slope
- The real reason, of course, is a tale as old as time
- Dems are - once again - largely unwilling to meet the moment
- Vance calls War Powers Act ‘fundamentally fake’ and unconstitutional
- Trump threatens to attack Mexican cartels after Venezuela
- Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
- Trump freezes over $10 billion in childcare
- Grok is generating child porn on demand
- 9 House Republicans defy Mike Johnson, help advance Obamacare extension vote
- Job growth slows to a crawl
Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).